The Celtics 2017-2018 regular season win total poll

Now that the pre-season is over, we have seen what our actual team will look like against other NBA teams.  We have gone against the 76ers and Hornets, not exactly the meat of the NBA.  With that said, we did look pretty good out there when we did have our rotational players on the floor.  In many of the pre-season games, Brad took the opportunity to mix and match non starters and end of the bench players in the second half of the games in order to see what rose to the top.

Due to the turnover of last season's roster, not many have ventured a guess as to the win total for this season.  I saw a few scattered around, so those who have gone out on the limb already elsewhere, please feel free to post your guess here.

Our predictions last year, on average, were pretty much on the dot, with many clustered around the final result.  Lets see how we do this season.

Anyway, without further ado, How many games will the Boston Celtics win in the 2017-2018 regular season?  Make your choice in the poll and let us know of your ideas in a post.

Thank you for participating,

gyso

I think we will win a couple more games this season than the last.  We will once again "Feast on the East", which should add to our win column.

With Cleveland (on paper) older and not so great on defense, many teams will be able to push them to play their old guys more each game.  LeBron may not even play for a while, nursing a sprained ankle.  That alone could hinder him throughout the season.  No one knows if Isaiah Thomas will come back this season at 100%.

I think we will take the 1st seed in the East.  This year, we won't have to back into it like last season, when the Cavs rested some of their starters as the season wound down.  I think that after the All-Star break, we put many of the better Eastern Conference teams in our rear view mirror.

I pick 58 wins.

gyso

Oh, yeah. I forgot to mention.

Feel free to vote up until November 11. We will have played 13 regular season games by then. With the shortened pre-season, we didn't get a very good chance to form a proper opinion.

gyso

I've gone back and allowed vote cancellation. Considering the change in circumstances, I thought that it was best to allow everyone to change their vote.

I am going to stick with 58 wins. The injury to Hayward is somewhat offset with the strong play by Tatum and Baynes. Add the eight million dollar man at the trading deadline and it is a wash.

Again, thank you for your participation.

gyso

Today is the last day to enter or change your "official" guess. Include your number in a post here, or you will miss out on the bragging rights after the season.

Again, thank you for your participation.

gyso

Hi,
No one changed their selection to 81 or 82. Interesting...

AK

Hi,
I put my chips on 59.
Despite loosing GH for the season, we've got Brown in his second year, doing almost 15/7, so far; and he's still growing. And we've got Tatum with 13/6 and who just started to grow. On top of that these two can defend multiple positions.
Also, EC became weaker this year while Celtics became, IMO, stronger than the last year.

AK